An east Oak Cliff man barricaded himself in his home and held his niece hostage after stabbing his brother-in-law with a machete early Tuesday, police said.

An east Oak Cliff man barricaded himself in his home and held his 2-year-old niece hostage early Tuesday after stabbing his brother-in-law with a machete, police said.

Abel Anderson was arrested on multiple assault charges.(Dallas County Jail)

Abel Anderson, 27, was arrested about 3:15 a.m., after a two-hour standoff at his home in the 1500 block of Southerland Avenue. The girl was not hurt.

The standoff began shortly before 1:30 a.m. after Anderson attacked his brother-in-law, claiming the man was setting him up to be shot by gang members, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Anderson slashed the man's left arm with a machete, witnesses told police.

When Anderson's sister rushed into the room and tried to call 911, Anderson apologized but then pointed a gun at his brother-in-law, the warrant states. The sister and her wounded husband ran out, and she called police.

The two ran to a nearby 7-Eleven, where Anderson chased them behind the counter and again slashed his brother-in-law with the machete, this time wounding the back of his head, police said.

By the time police arrived, Anderson had run back inside his home, and his mother told officers that Anderson's niece was inside with him.

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Police took cover behind their squad cars and used a public-address system to urge Anderson to surrender. He refused and instead "taunted" officers with his niece.

Police said Anderson broke out a bedroom window with a flashlight and held a large piece of the glass to his niece's throat.

"Don't make me do this!" he yelled, according to the warrant. Officers called SWAT for help.

Sarah Sarder. Sarah Sarder is a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, where she received Bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. She is a North Texas native who previously worked for the Denton Record-Chronicle as a business reporter and spent four years as news reporter and editor at the North Texas Daily.